BASF Past Earnings Performance

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BASF's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -18.4%, while the Chemicals industry saw earnings growing at 6.9% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 4.5% per year. BASF's return on equity is 1.8%, and it has net margins of 0.8%.

Key information

-18.4%

Earnings growth rate

-18.4%

EPS growth rate

Chemicals Industry Growth	13.1%
Revenue growth rate	4.5%
Return on equity	1.8%
Net Margin	0.8%
Next Earnings Update	28 Feb 2025

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How BASF makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

WBAG:BAS Revenue, expenses and earnings (EUR Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses	R&D Expenses
30 Sep 24	65,274	497	10,340	2,116
30 Jun 24	65,269	-39	10,326	2,091
31 Mar 24	66,464	31	10,275	2,082
31 Dec 23	68,902	225	10,379	2,130
30 Sep 23	72,355	-3,035	10,554	2,151
30 Jun 23	78,566	-1,877	10,927	2,215
31 Mar 23	84,235	-286	11,212	2,267
31 Dec 22	87,327	-627	11,201	2,298
30 Sep 22	87,779	5,111	11,190	2,318
30 Jun 22	85,503	5,498	10,679	2,296
31 Mar 22	82,281	5,062	10,291	2,274
31 Dec 21	78,598	5,559	9,939	2,216
30 Sep 21	74,727	5,376	9,374	2,173
30 Jun 21	68,869	1,945	9,088	2,168
31 Mar 21	61,796	-601	8,809	2,103
31 Dec 20	59,149	-1,456	8,870	2,086
30 Sep 20	57,930	-1,978	9,103	2,097
30 Jun 20	58,675	1,050	9,183	2,111
31 Mar 20	60,473	2,210	9,390	2,149
31 Dec 19	59,316	2,476	9,421	2,158
30 Sep 19	57,761	2,349	8,546	2,170
30 Jun 19	58,811	2,421	8,821	2,147
31 Mar 19	60,116	3,471	8,973	2,073
31 Dec 18	60,220	3,844	8,938	1,994
30 Sep 18	62,320	4,988	9,845	1,896
30 Jun 18	61,230	5,210	9,736	1,836
31 Mar 18	60,066	5,111	9,544	1,843
31 Dec 17	61,223	5,318	9,613	1,843
30 Sep 17	60,838	4,804	10,021	1,863
30 Jun 17	60,335	4,505	9,769	1,840
31 Mar 17	60,199	4,378	9,813	1,832
31 Dec 16	57,550	4,056	9,647	1,863
30 Sep 16	56,584	3,706	9,530	1,821
30 Jun 16	59,995	4,027	9,512	1,882
31 Mar 16	64,590	4,200	9,750	1,934
31 Dec 15	70,449	3,987	9,935	1,953
30 Sep 15	74,616	5,066	9,463	1,938
30 Jun 15	75,504	4,871	9,580	1,939
31 Mar 15	74,881	4,865	9,339	1,915
31 Dec 14	74,326	5,155	9,101	1,884
30 Sep 14	74,428	4,830	8,869	1,922
30 Jun 14	73,849	4,912	8,982	1,879
31 Mar 14	73,747	4,810	9,018	1,863
31 Dec 13	73,973	4,792	9,090	1,849

Quality Earnings: BAS has a large one-off loss of €711.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: BAS became profitable in the past.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: BAS's earnings have declined by 18.4% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: BAS has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: BAS has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Chemicals industry (-4.7%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: BAS's Return on Equity (1.8%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/20 22:27
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Analyst Sources

BASF SE is covered by 64 analysts. 21 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Maarten Bakker	ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Martin Schnee	AlphaValue
Gerhard Schwarz	Baader Helvea Equity Research